Chapter 275 – Chapter 275 – The Protagonist Is Captured (15)

“Uh? Jin…… Hyun? Yes, why are you here?”

Harin, who got up from her seat and shuddered, looked at me with a startled expression.

As if she hadn’t expected me to come out of here, she opened her eyes wide and met mine.

Why are you here
It’s because you followed me.

…… I can’t say it honestly, of course.

I shrugged.

“I came all the way here because I was just taking a walk.”

It wasn’t a lie.

She couldn’t believe she bought a simple late-night snack at the convenience store and was eating it while walking in the hotel yard, not expecting to see Harin.

I wanted to talk to her, but I couldn’t find her timing, so I just followed her for a walk.

But just in time to sit down on the bench, he approached quickly.

“No……! Not that!”

Harin shook her head as if what I said did not give the answer she wanted.

“Then what?”
“Hotel……! Why are you in this hotel?”

Aha.
I smiled softly.

“Um, are you at the hotel?”
“Mistress… Who doesn’t know that!”

Harin’s eyes narrowed at the cold joke. I chuckled.

“Today there was an awards ceremony for the Winter Comics Contest here.”
“Uh… A cartoon?”
“Yeah, do you know? It was at the buffet on the 3rd floor.”

Hey, since I live in a hotel, I should know. Harin shook her head.

“Know. I know, but… Did you really draw manga?”

Her eyes widened as if she had just been surprised to see me.

What?
Do I look like I shouldn’t be drawing manga…?

Anyway, that’s not the case, so I shook my head.

“No, not me. A close brother.”
“Ah… Then.”
“I came at the invitation of the winner. The award ceremony ended around 6:30, so I just went home and stayed overnight at a hotel while I was there.”

Harin nodded her head as if she understood.

“Alone?”
“No, with my brother. Everyone except me is sleeping right now, but I can’t sleep. I went out for a walk.”
“Ah, that’s right…”

Harin bit her lips as she answered. The air that had been excited for a moment became quiet for a moment.

The cold wind of the winter night ran through her hair.

‘Oh wow.’

Looking at it like this, it’s really pretty. Like the heroine of some movie.

I watch her wiggle her fingers a little awkwardly, then she takes a step closer.

“Rather than that, would you like a drink?”
“Yes? What…?”
“This. Haven’t picked it yet I’ll give it to you as an apology.”

I waved a can of drink in my hand and held it out. Harin tilted her head as she politely handed over the can I held out.

“……Apologize? But what apologies?”
“You put a drink on your cheek.”

Her cheeks were reddish. With my eyes, I pointed to her right cheek, where the drink had been placed, and continued.

“I didn’t know you would hate it so much. I would even cry.”
“Muh… Ooh, crying!?”

Harin looked at me with a puzzled expression. I said as if she was talking about what she was talking about while watching her cheating.

“No, you just cried.”
“No, you didn’t cry?”
“You didn’t cry?”
“Yes……”
“Then, what are the tear marks there?”
“Ah, this is…!”

It was a night approaching 12 o’clock. However, perhaps because it was a hotel promenade, even though the surroundings were dark, the lights were shining on the benches, so Harin’s face was bright.

There were small drops of water on both sides of her eyes, along with tears that flowed lightly.

Maybe it’s because of the previous fight.

Harin turned her face to my gaze and gently wiped her eyes with her hand.

“This is… Uh, I just came out for a while because the night air was cold.”
“Hmm, is it?”

When I smiled meaningfully, Harin raised her eyes.

“Sir, hey. Didn’t you cry?”
“Haha, okay. It’s a joke. A joke.”

Harin glanced at me narrowly, then quickly moved her gaze toward the drink I handed her.

“But this.”
“Yes?”
“Isn’t that what you meant to drink in the first place?”
“That’s right, there’s another vending machine. You can pick it up again.”

I quickly went to the glowing vending machine near the bench and pulled out a drink, and quickly returned and sat down next to Harin.

I held out her can towards her.

“Cheers, cheers.”
“What’s the sudden toast?”
“Just.”
“Blood……”

Harin laughed as if asking what that was, but she put my drink can against the can.

She brought her drink to her mouth, and I watched her expression carefully as I drank mine.

We had only exchanged a few words, though, and she looked much more relaxed than when she first sat on the bench.

When her drink was half empty, I looked at her and asked.

“More than that, you.”
“Yes?”
“What happened?”

When I asked that, Harin shook her body.

“Uh? Why why……?”
“Because you look troubled just by looking at it.”
“How do you know that…”

Harin said hesitantly. If that’s the case, anyone would know.

“You know because you look worried.”
“Is it?”
“Okay. Since the old days, you always suffered alone whenever something happened. But, no matter how much she suffers, her face will show through.”

When I said that, Harin looked at me with a strange expression for a while, and then she snorted, “Hey.”

“Seriously, what are you saying? When we first met this year, he didn’t even recognize my face.”
“Hey, that’s against the rules. I haven’t seen it in almost 10 years, so how do you recognize it?”
“Puh.”

When I made a puzzled expression, she smiled lightly. I looked at her like that, and then she opened her mouth.

“Anyway, tell me if you’re okay with me. I will advise you.”
“Hmm…You mean counseling?”

For a moment, Harin glanced at me with a curious look. She wrapped her hands around the can of the drink I had given her and let out a faint sigh.

“It’s just nothing… I had a little fight with my sister.”
“With your sister?”

I instantly remembered the fight I saw in the hotel hallway.

Come to think of it, she is that woman. She thought she looked like someone, but she thought it was Harin. So, is that woman Harin’s older sister? Really?

“Yeah… I graduated from college early this time. Did you say My dad has a Hanz brand.”
“Yes.”

I nodded.

Harin found out that her parents owned the brand when she met her a few days ago with her Eunju.

When Eun-joo asked where she lived now, Harin replied that Harin lived at the Hanz Hotel, and she asked how she lived at the Hanz Hotel. Found out that she was the daughter of

Harin followed her words.

“So originally, I had to go under my parents after college, but I was stubborn.”
“How?”
“I just want to live on my own.”

Harin looked up at the sky.

“Haa…But there’s no way it’s going well. Her parents naturally said no. Still, she somehow persuaded me and gave me permission to do whatever I want for a year, but her sister didn’t know that.”
“Is that why you fought?”
“Yes.”

Harin nodded her head.

“My sister came to visit today. It’s a waste of time.”

Harin twirled her hair.

“It’s just my sister, she’s been such a genius since the old days. No matter what I was told, I just did it hard like a machine… But for me, that was hard. I can’t do it like my sister, I just want to live freely like everyone else…”

Harin wiggled her fingers.

“Listening to what my sister said today, maybe I’m really just being childish, and she thinks. No big deal anyway, she just said that. Haha……”

After she finished speaking, Harin strangely blushed and scratched her cheek. I asked her slyly.

“So that year was confiscated?”
“Yes?”

She tilted her face at my question and she immediately shook her head.

“Ah. No? No. I just ended up fighting her sister. I heard a lot of nagging, ugh.”

I asked her

“Then what are you going to do for the next year?”
“Yes? Of course.”
“Aren’t you preparing hard?”
“I am doing it! It’s not going that well, but… Yes, I’m working hard.”
“That didn’t happen.”

I said lightly.

“In the first place, a year didn’t even start, but there’s no saying that it won’t work. Since you’re so sincere, I’m sure you’ll be able to do well.”
“Sincerity?”

Harin tilted her head. I nodded.

“Yes.”
“Hmm…? How do you know if I’m sincere? Now, what is the basis for determining that I am sincere?”

I didn’t expect you to ask such a thing all of a sudden.

I thought about what to answer for a moment, then opened my mouth thinking about her past.

“You never missed a homework in elementary school.”
“What… Homework?”

When I answered that with a serious expression, Harin made a face as if I had heard something, and she suddenly burst into laughter.

“Pughh, what is that? Is that sincere?”
“Of course. And I’ve never been late for school.”
“Well, then 50% of the people in the world are sincere.”

Harin put on a faint smile on her face even though she had a dumbfounded expression.

After that, I threw her a few jokes and induced the conversation to lighten her mind.

Harin, who had a smile on her lips, giggled with a more comfortable expression.

“Hey, I can’t talk about this. What are you going to do?”
“If that happens, I will be a counselor. Well, isn’t that what all counseling with friends is like?”
“Pooh, good job.”

She slicked her black hair. I looked at her and smiled.

Well, wouldn’t this have been good night greetings?

Satisfied inside, I got up from the bench, threw the finished soda can in a nearby trash can, and stretched for a while.

Harin looked at me and asked.

“Uh? Are you going in already?”
“Already, it’s almost 12 o’clock now.”
“Ah……”
“Why don’t you want to go in?”
“Oh, no, no! I have to go too.”

Harin flinched at my words, then shook her head and hurriedly got up from her seat.

She likewise threw the can in her garbage can and stood near me. I looked at her

“But, what?”
“Yes?”
“If you don’t want to go in yet, you can walk a little further. I will do that much with you.”

Harin stared at me.

By the way, her eyes weren’t telling me not to say anything strange, but her eyes seemed to be attracted to something.

What is it, why are you so mad?
Does this work?

I spoke.

“Would you like something to eat? It’s counseling, it’s nabal, and honestly, eating is the best way to relieve stress.”
“Uh? Midnight Snack?”
“Yes.”
“……And what if I get more stressed out because I gain weight?”
“I’ll leave that to tomorrow’s me.”

When I said, “Isn’t this a good way to go,” Harin burst into laughter again.

“What are you going to eat, but will you buy me?”
“Yes. Come to think of it, I think I got a lot from you like this in the past. To pay for that too.”

Chicken, Pizza, Tteokbokki, Sundae, Odaeng, junk food, etc…

During the 6 years I was in elementary school, there was nothing I didn’t get from Harin.

In particular, she is Harin. Every time I went to her house to play, a hearty feast was served. She was Harin and she often slept together at Na or her Eun Joo’s house, but I don’t think we’ve ever really dressed up for anything.

As I spoke, Harin glanced at me.

“Hmm…? Then you’re going to throw away the things I bought you in the past, right?”
“Sueup…… Can’t we?

Harin crossed her arms.

“Well, there is nothing wrong with it. If you want to pay back everything you ate from me in the past… I’m not kidding, you have to buy me 10 chickens. No, no. 50.”
“Fifty fish?”
“Yes, I bought it for almost 1 million won. Maybe. Are there more than that?”

Uh… Maybe a lot more than that.

However, I didn’t do anything stupid to say it out loud.

As she walked down the street at night, she recalled her memories by listing how many things she had bought in the past, listing them one by one.

I quietly listened to her story and occasionally gave her a chu-im-sae.

Um, what…

Not a bad walk.